• Beagle to Eagle
    No yoga on the rooftop today but I finally learnt how to use binoculars properly
    The life centre. Home to a viewing area and a butterfly research buildingThis was the best excursion to time with the rainWe could spot birds on the other side of the valley with this babyMashpi rodents. They eat a lot!1Feeling smug with the size of my scopeWoody1Owl eye moth. The wing tip looks like a snake for double camouflage1And on Sunday he ate a nice green leaf..and felt much better.The skybike: our pedal powered vehicle that would carry us into the mist and across the abyssWaiting for a speeder bike to take potshots at an upstart EwokCut! Waiting for a velocoraptor to spring out from behind a fernInto the unknown!Blending in with nature1We were faster when I did the pedalingIt felt much safer back in the forest. The drop was over 100m in placesBack on land and still hanging on tightWhat me worry? Top of the observation deck. We observed a lot of cloudsI had the whole hot tub room to myself1Until a waitress jump scared me with a complimentary drink out of nowhere

    Skyfall

    October 27 in Ecuador ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    I forced myself to get up for early morning rooftop yoga/bird watching. Fortunately it was raining so it turned into early morning coffee and animal watching from undercover. I taught Dalton what a piccolo is and he taught me what a Tayra looks like. (It looked like a big, hairy weasel.
    After breakfast we visited the life centre. The rain mostly stopped by the afternoon so our "skybike" adventure wasn't impacted. If anything the gloomy clouds enhanced the whole experience. The serenity combined with fear left our sympathetic nervous systems completely perplexed. I think this is how sick sinus syndrome begins.
    Update: The night finished with a couples massage and exfoliation. No photos but they used a mix of honey, orange juice and coarse sugar! We'd better double up on the bug spray tomorrow. We've showered twice but still feel like human lollypops.    Read more